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UNITED STATES PATEN rrlcn.

ANDREW S. LITTLEJOHN, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES W.BALDY, OF SAME PLACE.

CURRYCOMB SUBSTITUTE AND MASSAGE-BLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,189, dated June 19,1900.

Application filed September 13, 1899. Serial No. 730,338. (No model.)

To all whom it perry concern:

Be it known that LANDREW S. LITTLEJOHN, a resident of Stamford, countyof Fairfield, State of Connecticutghave invented a Ourrycomb Substituteand Massage- Block, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of my invention is to provide a currycomb substitutewhich will not scratch or irritate the hide of the animal, but willefficiently remove dandruif and dirt and will, moreover, have amassaging and soothing effect.

It is a fact well known to those accustomed to the handling of horsesand other animals that all currycombs, brushes, or cleaners ofwhatsoever material as used up to the present time are open to one orother of two objections namely, they either scratch or irritate the hideof the horse or other animal and spoil its temper or else they areineffective to remove the dirt, dandruff, 62c. Many of the devices areopen to both objections,

being injurious to the hide, making sores, causing more or lessirritation to the animals upon whichthese are used, and being of littleor no benefit. To overcome these objections and produce an efficientcleaner and massage device, I make a block of suitable shape of porousearthen or mineral substance==such, for instance, as porous fire-clay,cement, or cinder.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thepreferred form of my device. Fig. 2 is aside view of the same, and Fig.3 is a side view of a modification.

I prefer to make the device in the form of an oval disk with theopposite faces more or less rounding or convex and of a size suitable tobeheld in one hand. One of the faces is divided by grooves into a seriesof ribs a, preferably running transversely of the block and preferablyparallel to each other, as indicated in the drawings. The other face ofthe block may be plain, as shown in Fig. 2, or it may have a series offiner grooves b, as

'a soothing effect, and in point of fact its use gives an efficientmassage, relieving muscular soreness and assisting the circulation.

At the same time it cleans the hide very efficiently, removing dirt,dandruff, &c., and leaves the hide smooth, clean, and glossy. Iattribute this efficient cleaning effect in a large part to the factthat the pores in the block as the same is drawn over the horses hideact with something of a suction effect.

Another advantage of my currycomb substitute is that it can be veryeasily and thoroughly cleaned after it has been used on the horse orother animal by simply rinsing it in water, and it will dry out veryquickly.

I claim as my invention 1. A currycomb substitute consisting of a blockof porous mineral with ribs on its working face.

2. A currycomb substitute consisting of a block of porous mineral with arounding or convex working face and transverse ribs thereon.

3. A currycomb consisting of a block of porous mineral in the form of anoval disk with rounding or convex faces and transverse ribs on theworking face.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW S. LITTLEJOHN.

Witnesses:

L. S. BEGENT, M. F. WATERBURY.

